Re: [PATCH V2 RESEND] PCI/TPH: Skip Root Port completer check for RC_END devices
From: George Abraham P
Date: Tue Feb 17 2026 - 23:54:50 EST
[+cc TPH authors that were missed in the previous mail]
On 09-Jan-26 10:59 AM, George Abraham P wrote:
> Root Complex Integrated Endpoint devices (PCI_EXP_TYPE_RC_END) are
> directly integrated into the root complex and do not have an
> associated Root Port in the traditional PCIe hierarchy. The current
> TPH implementation incorrectly attempts to find and check a Root Port's
> TPH completer capability for these devices.
>
> Add a check to skip Root Port completer type verification for RC_END
> devices, allowing them to use their full TPH requester capability
> without being limited by a non-existent Root Port's completer support.
>
> For RC_END devices, the root complex itself acts as the TPH completer,
> and this relationship is handled differently than the standard
> endpoint-to-Root-Port model.
>
> Fixes: f69767a1ada3 ("PCI: Add TLP Processing Hints (TPH) support")
> Signed-off-by: George Abraham P <george.abraham.p@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> - Added "Fixes:" tag to link the commit hash that introduced the code
> ---
> drivers/pci/tph.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/tph.c b/drivers/pci/tph.c
> index ca4f97be7538..e896b3958281 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/tph.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/tph.c
> @@ -407,10 +407,13 @@ int pcie_enable_tph(struct pci_dev *pdev, int mode)
> else
> pdev->tph_req_type = PCI_TPH_REQ_TPH_ONLY;
>
> - rp_req_type = get_rp_completer_type(pdev);
> + /* Check if the device is behind a Root Port */
> + if (pci_pcie_type(pdev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_RC_END) {
> + rp_req_type = get_rp_completer_type(pdev);
>
> - /* Final req_type is the smallest value of two */
> - pdev->tph_req_type = min(pdev->tph_req_type, rp_req_type);
> + /* Final req_type is the smallest value of two */
> + pdev->tph_req_type = min(pdev->tph_req_type, rp_req_type);
> + }
>
> if (pdev->tph_req_type == PCI_TPH_REQ_DISABLE)
> return -EINVAL;